Title: Importance of characterizing STEM faculty members’ instructional mindsets and practices in an era of instructional transformation

Bio: Marilyne Stains is an associate professor in the Department of Chemistry at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. She received her Bachelor’s degree in Chemistry for the Université des Sciences de Luminy in Marseilles, France; her Master in quantum chemistry from the Université Paul Sabatier in Toulouse, France; her Ph.D. in Chemistry from the University of Arizona. She started her academic career at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln in 2011 and was promoted in 2016 to associate professor. Her research focuses on characterizing the extent, nature, and factors involved in the gap between instructional practices in science college classrooms and discipline-based education research.